Mobile and Baldwin County News
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PENSACOLA — Six weeks after Mayor Grover Robinson ordered masks required inside businesses within Pensacola city limits, police say they have written no citations at all and have issued just…
Two Mobile County communities went opposite directions on fire funding, with Fowl River residents approving an increase to their annual fire fee and Grand Bay voters rejecting a similar proposal.…
Voters in Theodore approved a measure Tuesday to create a fire district and increase yearly fire fees, according to the Theodore Dawes Volunteer Fire Department, handing the department a new…
Voters in Daphne and Foley will head to the polls this month to choose new mayors, while residents of Dauphin Island will skip an election altogether after every office drew…
ALDI plans to build a $100 million regional headquarters and distribution center on 148 acres in Loxley, a project expected to create about 200 jobs and support new store openings…
The City of Daphne shared a presidential proclamation on July 18, 2020 directing that the American flag be flown at half-staff nationwide in honor of Representative John Lewis, the Georgia…
The Alabama Attorney General's office clarified that Mobile could not require voters to wear masks to cast ballots at city-owned polling precincts, resolving a dispute between the city and Mobile…
Supporters and opponents of a Confederate monument in Pensacola gathered Friday evening for a hours-long debate over whether it should be removed. The discussion took place at the Lee Square…
A Prichard councilman is pushing to make face coverings a requirement inside the city limits as coronavirus cases climb across the region. Councilman Lorenzo Martin is sponsoring an ordinance that…
The Mobile City Council has approved the formation of the Mobile Tourism Improvement District (MTID), a five-year public-private partnership designed to raise about $1.3 million annually to support the city’s…